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Jan. 24, 1933. s 'g s 1,895,090

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Filed Nov. 5, 1930 INVENTORL 9,4 x 2W;

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Patented Jan. 24, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE JOHN S. STOKES, 01' E'UNTINGDON VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T STOKES AND SMITH COMPANY, OF THILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- BYLVANIA Box Application filed November 5, 1880. Serial No. 493,500.

My invention relates to the art of making boxes, containers or the l1ke, hereinafter enerically termed boxes, which particufizrly are wrapped with a label, or wrapper,

of aper or other suitable material.

11 accordance with my invention, a box with walls of substantial thickness, for holding cigars or other goods, is formed by utilizing a wrapper to hold or to assist in holding several box-formin components of heavy cardboard or the li e in box-forming position; preferably, the wrapper appl ed to the components substantially immediately after they have been arranged in box-forming relation and more specifically, components forming the end walls of the box are brought into adhesive, abuttm engagement, without overlap, with the ges of the side walls and box bottom, preferably formed b a single component, and before the adheslve holdm the components has set, a wrapper and pre erabl a tabbed wrapper is applied to oover the ox formed by the components and to supplement the union of the components; the tabbing, if utilized, overlying at least the vertical and horizontal corners of the box ends.

My invention resides in the box and methods of making it hereinafter described and claimed.

For an understanding of my invention reference is made to the accompanying drawin in which in perspective:

Fig. 1 illustrates the several box forming com onents before assembly.

Fig. 1a illustrates a modified type of box components.

Fig. 2 shows the components of Fig. 1 moved into box forming position.

Fig. 2a shows the assembled components for a modified form of box.

Fig. 3 illustrates a wrapper.

Fig. 4 discloses the box assembly of Fig. 2 superimposed upon the wrapper of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5, represents a box cover at an intermediate stage of its formation.

Fig. 6 is a hinge strip.

Fig. 7 illustrates the completed, wrapped box, with cover attached thereto.

Referring to Fig. 1 the main box component A is bent along the scoring X to form the side wall S and the box bottom B. The

invention are concerned, the component A may be of wood, or any of the well-known synthetic woods or wood substitutes and be formed of one'piece of material or several pieces suitably united.

Adhesive is applied as indicated at y, to the thick end edges of the main component A, and with the side walls and bottom in the position shown in Fig. 1, the end wall components E, of material which may be the same as, or different from, that of the main component A is brought into engagement with the vertical and horizontal end edges of the main component A, the partially completed box assumin the appearance shown in Fig. 2.

hese end wall components may also be cut from card-board strip, preferably laminated (Fig. 1) as described and claimed in my aforesaid application. If desired both the main component A and the end components E ture against the ends of which they are held by suitable means, and u on'descent of the form block, the end wal components are brought into box forming position with respect to another component corresponding to component A which has been fed into the path of movement of the form block. During continued operation of the machine, a wrapremoved, for example, from rolls. Or insofar as certain aspects of my per, or sheet material, which preferably is attached to the main component before feeding to the form block, and which is prepared or coated concurrently with preparation of the box components, is manipulated to unite the components permanently in box forming position, as hereinafter more specifically described.

As an alternative the box assembly shown in Fig. 2 may be superimposed upon a freshly prepared wrapper, such as the wrapper W of-Fig. 3, with the box bottom B in register with and adhesively engaging the wrapper panel 6. The assembly comprising the ox and partially applied wrapper as shown in Fig. 4 may then be transpprted tofor example, a form block of a ox machine, the adhesive at y assistin in maintaining the box components A, E, in proper position. For example, the assembly may be fed to the; form block by transfer mechanism such as shown in accompanying Rider and Bailey application Serial No. 490,400, filed October 22, 1930.

During the box wrapping operation, which may be performed by box machine generally of the type shown in Federwitz Patent 1,541,255, and more specifically in the aforesaid Rider, and Rider et al applications, the side panels ,9, s of the wrapper W are applied to the side panels S, S of the main component A. Thereafter, the corner flaps f, of the wrapper are folded into engagement with the end wall component E overlying the box end corners formed by the adhesively attached ends of the end components and the vertical and horizontal end edges of main component A. The covering of the exterior of the box is continued by the folding of the. end panels 6 of the wrapper W upwardly into engagement with the end wall components E. As the end walls project above the tops of the side walls of the box specifically illustrated, the end panels 6 of the wrapper are suitably longer than the side panels. To complete the wrapping, the marginal portions m of the end and side wall panels 0, are turned over the top edges of the box and down into engagement with the box interior.

Whereas in my prior application Serial No. 88,231, filed February 15, 1926, the box components are held in box forming relation solely by the wrapper, in accordance with the present invention, which is specifically directed to the formation of heavy boxes, or boxes having one or more thick walls, the wrapper in holding the box components in position supplements adhesive or the like directly attaching them but insufiicient of itself to insure a union of sufiicient strength.

Preferably, the wrapper W is provided with tabs t adapted to reinforce the end corners of the box formed by the end wall components E and the ends of the, main component A. Or tabs may be applied to the box assembly without a wrapper, in which case the tabs are applied to the main component A, to project in part beyond the end edges thereof so that during the box forming o ration the projecting tab portions are 01 ed into engagement with the end components'to unite I the components in box forming position and to reinforce the corners formed thereby, the

tab as applied assuming substantially same position as when applied with a wrapper.

Particularly when theboxes are not of the drop-lid type, that is having higher end walls than side walls, the adhesive may be a plied to the side and bottom edges of .the en components E, instead of to the end edges of the main component A, and the end wall components E are then embraced by the main component A, with the bottom edge of the end components resting upon the up ier surface of the box bottom B as shown in ig. 2a. The box lid L, Fig. 5, may also be formed of the,

heavy carboard, or the like, the length of the cover being substantially equal, when the box is of the drop-lid type, to the distance be- 7 of the box. Ordinarily, this hinge strip may directly engage the covering material or wrapper for the box and for the lid L. Both the wrapper W and the lid label or cover 1 may have printed thereon edging strips, and panels amed to imitate wood, in addition to printe matter for trade-mark or advertising pui' ploses.

e box, when made entirely of carboard, particularly laminated carboard, as above described, compares favorably with wooden boxes in strength, durabillty, appearance, etc., and is much cheaper and simpler to manufacture.

It is characteristic of my preferred method of producing boxes, that substantially immediately after the box components are assembled as in Fig. 2, they are wrapped to form a box, as distinguished from methods in which wrappers are applied to previously formed boxes. More fully stated, in accordance with my preferred method, complete, wrapped boxes are individually and successively produced whereas in accordance with known methods a quantity of unwrapped, previously formed boxes are made and then wrappers are applied to them.

What I claim is:

1. The method of forming a cardboard cigar box, which comprises bending a box component of substantial thickness 1n osition to form the box bottom and sides, e ectin adhesive engagement between each of the thick end edges of said component and the box-interior ace of an end wall component, and adhesively applyin sheet-material to overlie the end corners 0 the box.

2. The method of making a box, which comprises attaching box components in boxforming position by adhesive, concurrently coating a wrapper with adhesive, and before settin of the adhesive on the wrapper and the a hesive attaching said components, ap plying a wraper to cover the box and to assist in holding said components in boxforming position.

3. The method of making a box, which comprises attaching box components in boxforming position by adhesive, concurrently therewith coating tab structure and a wrapper with adhesive, and before setting of the adhesive on the tabs, wrapper and between the box components, the step of applying the tab structure and wrapper to sald box with the tab structure overlying corners of the box formed by components attached to each other by adhesive.

4. The method of forming a cardboard cigar box, which comprises bending a cardboard box component of substantial thickness to form the box bottom and sides, applying adhesive to the thick end edges of said component, transporting cardboard box ends into engagement with said end edges of said first component, coating a wrapper with adhesive, and before setting of the adhesive attaching said components, applving the freshly coated wrapper to cover the box and to assist in holding said components thereof in box-forming position.

5. The method of forming a cardboard cigar box, which comprises bending a cardboard box component of substantial thickness to form the box bottom and sides, applying adhesive to the thick end edges of said component, transporting cardboard box ends into engagement with said end edges of said first component, coating a wrapper with adheslve, before setting of the adheslve attaching said components, applying the freshly coated wra per to cover the box and to assist in hol 'ng said components thereof in boxforming position and attaching a cover to said box by a hinge strip adhesively applied in part to said cover and in part to said wrapper.

6. The. method of forming a cardboard cigar box, which comprises scoring and bending laminated cardboard box structure to form a box bottom and a pair of vertical walls, transporting separate box components of laminated cardboard and adapted to form a second pair of vertical walls into box-formingv position with respect to said structure,

attaching'said components and said structure while in said position by adhesive applied to the end edges of the laminations of at least one of said components, and before setting of the adhesive, adhesively applying a wrapof the ends of one of said components and the box-interior face of another of said components and sheet material overlapping the corner formed by said adhesively engaging components and adhesively attached to'said components adjacent said corner.

8. A box comprising a component-of thick box-forming material adapted to form the box bottom and side walls, end wall components secured to said first component by adhesive on the thick end edges thereof, and a wrapper adhesivelyapplied to said box and supplementing said adhesive in holding said components in box-forming position.

9. A drop-lid box comprising a component of thick box-forming material adapted to form the box bottom and side walls, end wall components secured to said first component by adhesive on the thick-end edges thereof and projecting above the top of said side walls, and a Wrapper adhesively applied to said box and having portions connecting the end wall components to said first component and supplementing said adhesive in maintaining said components in box-forming position.

10. A box comprising a component of heavy cardboard adapted to form one or more box walls, a separate component attached to said first component by adhesive on the thick edge of one of said first components, and a Wrapper adhesively applied to said box supplementing said adhesive in holding said components in box-formingposition.

11. A drop-lid cigar box comprising a component of heavy cardboard adapted to form the box bottom and side walls, and wall components attached by adhesive to the thick end edges of said first components and extending above the sides thereof, and a wrapper having panels of unequal height for covering the side walls of the first component and the end wall components of greater height and turnin portions for overlying corners of the box J to the cover wrap thereb 'lhe method of forming a composite rtiorns for overlying corners of the box i ormed by components directly attached by adhesive, a box cover of heavy cardboard adagted to rest on the top edges of said side wal a wrapper adhesively applied thereto, and a hinge strip therefor adhesively applied r and said box wrapper.

13. The math of forming a composite box which comprises eflecting adhesive abutting engagement between the end edge of a.-

com onent forming one wall of a box and the 80x interior face of an adjacent wall, and before setting of the adhesive, adhesively applying sheet material to connect the box exterior aces of said components and to overlie the corner formed 14. box which comprises efieot-ing adhesive abutting engagement between the end edges of the side walls the box exterior faces of said components and to overlie the end corners of the box formed 1 thereby.

15. he method of forming a composite box which comprises effecting adhesive abutting engagement between the end and bottom edges of a component forming the box end with the box-interior faces of the box-bottom and side walls, and adhesively applying sheet material to connect the box exterior faces of the box end, bottom and sides and to overlie the corners formed by the joinder thereof.

JOHN S. STOKES.

a component forming I and bottom and the box-interior face of a component forming an end wall, and adhesively applying sheet material to connect 

